Climber type quiz / The Globetrotter
Climber type EMPW
The Globetrotter
A steady run of weekends, a new crag each time, lots of sends.
What a Globetrotter is like
Weekend after weekend, somewhere new, and a steady haul of sends from each one. You keep a rhythm most climbers can't: no big gaps, no single huge day, just trip after trip. You climb across the grades, so you've built a real pyramid over more crags than you can name. What you skip is the long project; the weekend ends, and so does your time with it.
Take the quiz: are you a Globetrotter?The four traits behind the Globetrotter
Every climber type is four letters, one from each pair. The Globetrotter is EMPW: Explorer, Metronome, Pyramid and Weekend.
Your balance from the quiz:
Explorer Where you climb: Explorer, not Homebody
You spread your days across a lot of different crags or gyms. New rock, unfamiliar styles and no beta are part of the appeal, and the same wall twice in a row feels like a waste.
Metronome How your days fall: Metronome, not Burst
Your climbing is steady. Shorter sessions, few gaps, and a season that adds up a little at a time instead of resting on a handful of huge days.
Pyramid What you go for: Pyramid, not Ceiling
You climb across the grades. Plenty of problems well inside your limit, fewer near the top, and a wide base of sends underneath your hardest ones.
Weekend When you get out: Weekend, not Weekday
You climb when most people do: Saturdays and Sundays, around a working week. That means busier crags, shared pads and making the most of the days you get.
What the Globetrotter's kit has to handle
- Explorer: a chalk bucket that closes properlyA different crag every trip means the chalk lives in the car and the pack. A lid that seals keeps it in the bucket and off the back seat.
- Metronome: chalk bought by the bag, not the blockFrequent sessions get through chalk at a steady rate. Keeping a refill at home beats finding the bucket empty at the crag.
- Pyramid: a chalk ball for the long circuitA lot of problems in a day means a lot of chalking up. A ball puts down a thin, even coat without emptying the bucket by lunch.
Types close to the Globetrotter
Change one letter and you get a different climber. These four each share three traits with the Globetrotter.
- The Caretaker (HMPW)Homebody instead of Explorer. Same crag every weekend, building it up a send at a time.
- The Joyrider (EBPW)Burst instead of Metronome. Out for the fun of it, somewhere new every weekend.
- The Headhunter (EMCW)Ceiling instead of Pyramid. Every weekend somewhere new, always at the top of the grade.
- The Vagabond (EMPD)Weekday instead of Weekend. Climbing is the job: steady midweek mileage, crag to crag.
The Globetrotter's opposite
Flip all four letters and you get The Crimp Reaper (HBCD): comes for the home crag's cruxes while everyone's at work.